Improvement in machines for preparing beefsteak



ASA M. BOND. I improvement in Machines for Preparing Beefsteak. N0 H4 395. lPatented May 2,1871.

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ASA Mr. BON-DQOF CONGORD NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent No. 114,396, dated May 2, 1871.

l IMPROVEMENT-AIN MACHINES FOR PREPARING BEEFSTEAK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thenme.

I, ASA M. BOND, of Concord, in the county of Merrimack and State-of New Hampshire, have invented an Improved Machine forPrepariug Beefsteak, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, of which drawing- Figure l isa transverse section of my machine.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. y To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will` proceed to describe its construction and mode of operation.

My machine consists of two cylindrical rollers, A and B, figs. l and 2, the larger roller at the bottom of my machine, B, being a plain wooden feed-roll; the. smaller roller, A, being supplied with steel cutters d Vradiating from the axis thereof, as shown in fig. 1.

The teeth of these cutters are made flatand about one-fourth-incl1 broad, and the sets' are so arranged upon the roller that the teeth do not follow eachother in the same line, but alternate.

The upper portion of the box in which these rollers are adjusted lets down to form the small platforms O C, g. l, and, when the machine is not in use, may be shut up, making alight box inclosing the operating parts and protecting them from dust.

lhe machine is actuated by the crank at the end of the smaller roller. l

The upper-roller or cutters may be removed, for the purpose of cleaning the same, by unscrewing the cover,

The meat may be passed through the machine one or more times, as may be desired, and the effect is to render steak tender and juicy, and capable of being Ievenly and thoroughly cooked.

'Ihe number ofset-s of cutters maybe increased or diminished 'to' snit. I do not confine myself to the .number ofsets shown in the drawing.

v I am aware that the Vpatent of Horace Thompson, September 14, 1869,'shows cutters similar to mine, but attached to a hinged arm instead of a roller, as my cutters d are. A I, therefore, disclaim cutters for preparing steak, per se.

I claim- The combination of the roller A, radial cutters d,

and feed-roller B, as specified. l

Concord, February 6, 1871. Witnesses:

L.`D. STEVENS, Guns. O. LUND.

ASA M. BOND; 

